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1924 in music

See also: 1923 in music, other events of 1924, 1925 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Top hits on record 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

• October 17 - Leos Janacek's String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata, is premiered in Prague

Published popular music

• "Adoring You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
• "Alabamy Bound" w. B. G. De Sylva & Bud Green m. Ray Henderson
• "All Alone" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Amapola" w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle
• "At The End of The Road" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
• "Bagdad" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now" Ager, Yellen
• "Big Boy" m. Milton Ager
• "The Blues Have Got Me" Silver, Turk
• "California, Here I Come" w.m. Al Jolson, Buddy de Sylva and Joseph Meyer
• "Call Of The South" Berlin
• "Charley, My Boy" w.m. Gus Kahn & Ted Fio Rito
• "Copenhagen" w. Walter Melrose m. Charlie Davis
• "Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
• "Deep In My Heart, Dear" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night" w. Billy Rose & Marty Bloom m. Ernest Breuer
• "Doo Wacka Doo" w. Clarence Gaskill & Will Donaldson m. George Horther
• "Doodle Doo Doo" w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel
• "Drinking Song (Drink! Drink! Drink!)" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "The End Of The Road" w.m. Harry Lauder & William Dillon
• "Everybody Loves My Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
• "Fascinating Rhythm" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Follow The Swallow" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
• "Golden Days" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "The Half Of It Dearie Blues" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow & Jack Yellen
• "He's The Hottest Man In Town" Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney
• "Honest And Truly" w. Leo Wood m. Fred Rose
• "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" w.m. Gene Austin & Roy Bergere
• "I Want To Be Happy" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
• "I Wonder What's Become Of Sally" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "I'll See You In My Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
• "I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyers & Arthur Johnson
• "I'm Coming At Your Call" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "In Shadowland" w. Sam W. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ruth Brooks & Fred E. Ahlert
• "Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call") w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
• "It Had To Be You" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
• "Jealous" w. Tommy Malie & Dick Finch m. Jack Little
• "Jimtown Blues" w.m. Fred Rose
• "June Brought The Roses" w. Ralph Stanley m. John Openshaw
• "June Night" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
• "Just We Two" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Keep Smiling At Trouble" w. Al Jolson & B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
• "Lazy" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
• "Little Jazz Bird" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" w.m. A. J. Piron & Peter Bocage
• "The Man I Love" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Mandalay" w.m. Earl Burtnett, Abe Lyman & Gus Arnheim
• "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyer
• "Memory Lane" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Larry Spier & Con Conrad
• "The Mounties" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
• "My Best Girl" w.m. Walter Donaldson
• "My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
• "My Time Is Your Time" w. Eric Little m. Leo Dance
• "A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me" w.m. Sidney Clare & Flatow
• "Nobody's Sweetheart Now" w.m. Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn & Billy Meyers
• "O, Katharina" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Richard Fall
• "Oh Lady Be Good" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Oh! Mabel" Gus Kahn, Ted Fio Rito
• "Oh! Miss Hannah" w. Thekla Hollingsworth m. Jessie L. Deppen
• "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
• "Parisian Pierrot" w.m. Noel Coward
• "Prince Of Wails" m. Elmer Schoebel
• "The Prisoner's Song" w.m. Guy Massey
• "Red Hot Mama" w.m. Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper & Fred Rose
• "Rhapsody In Blue" m. George Gershwin
• "Riverboat Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
• "Rose Marie" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
• "See See Rider" w.m. Ma Rainey
• "Serenade from The Student Prince In Heidelberg" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Shanghai Shuffle" w.m. Larry Conley & Gene Rodemich
• "Shine" w. Cecil Mack & Lew Brown m. Ford T. Dabney
• "So Am I" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Somebody Loves Me" w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin
• "South" m. Bennie Moten & Thamon Hayes
• "Spain" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
• "Stack O'Lee Blues" w.m. by Ray Lopez & Lew Colwell
• "Sweet Little You" w.m. Irving Bibo
• "Tea For Two" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
• "Tell Her In The Springtime" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "There's Life In The Old Girl Yet" w.m. Noël Coward
• "There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes" w. Cliff Friend m. Joseph H. Santly
• "Totem Tom-Tom" w. Oscar Hammerstein II & Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
• "Two Little Babes In The Wood" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Wait'll You See My Gal" Sullivan, Wilber
• "What'll I Do?" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" w.m. Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills
• "When You And I Were Seventeen" w. Gus Kahn m. Charles Rosoff
• "Where The Lazy Daisies Grow" w.m. Cliff Friend
• "Why Did I Kiss That Girl?" w. Lew Brown m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson

Top hits on record

• "Arkansaw Blues/Blue Blues" by the Mound City Blue Blowers
• "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
• "Rhapsody In Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with George Gershwin
• "San" by Paul Whiteman & His Jazz Band
• "San/Red Hot!" by the Mound City Blue Blowers & Frank Trumbauer
• "Show Me The Way (To Go Home)" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "What'll I Do?" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

Classical music

• Jacques Ibert - Escales
• Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2''
• Carl Ruggles - Men and Mountains
• Erik Satie - Relâche'' (ballet)
• Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 7 in C major, opus 105
• Edgar Varèse - Octandre

Opera

• Leos Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen

Musical theater

• Gräfin Mariza Vienna production opened at the Theatre an der Wien on February 28 and ran for 396 performances
• Lady, Be Good Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 1 and ran for 330 performances
• Madame Pompadour Broadway production opened on November 11 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 79 performances
• No, No, Nanette Chicago production. Pre-Broadway tryout started in April.
• Primrose London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 11 and ran for 255 performances
• Rose-Marie Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 2 and ran for 557 performances
• The Student Prince In Heidelberg Broadway production

opened at the Al Jolson Theatre on December 2 and ran for 608 performances

Births

• January 6 - Earl Scruggs
• January 20 - Slim Whitman
• April 3 - Doris Day, US actress and singer
• April 16 - Henry Mancini
• May 22 - Charles Aznavour
• June 20 - Chet Atkins
• July 13 - Carlo Bergonzi, operatic tenor
• July 22 - Margaret Whiting, US singer
• August 14 - Lee Adams, US lyricist
• August 20 - Jim Reeves
• August 29 - Dinah Washington
• September 20 - Jackie Paris, US jazz singer
• December 24 - Lee Dorsey

Deaths

• February 15 - Lionel Monckton, English composer
• June 11 - Théodore Dubois, composer
• July 27 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer
• November 4 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer
• November 29 - Giacomo Puccini, composer

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